I believe strongly in the primacy of the quality of the student-teacher relationship, its mutually precious intellectual and emotional rewards, and its key role in the attainment of educational objectives such as the development of the student's critical thinking, the capacity for self-exploration, and independence of judgment. Furthermore, at WPI both undergraduate and graduate curricula are creatively designed to highlight the many nuanced forms and features of the inherently complex, value conflict-laden and contextually rich interaction between science, technology, culture, and society. As a result, the prospect of a singular educational experience is offered to our students as they prepare themselves to responsibly and confidently deal with the great problems of our time.
Scholarly Work
A. Lewis, N. Kazantzis, I. Fishtik and J. Wilcox, 2007, "Integrating Process Safety and Molecular Modeling - Based Risk Assessment of Chemicals Within the REACH Regulatory Framework: Benefits and Future Challenges ", Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 142, pp. 592-602. 2007
R. R. Kotdawala, N. Kazantzis and R. W. Thompson, 2007, " Molecular Simulation Studies on the Adsorption of Mercuric Chloride ", Environmental Chemistry, vol. 4, pp. 55-64. 2007
N. Kazantzis, 2007, " Discussion on Attenuation of Oscillations in Galerkin Systems Using Center-Manifold Techniques ", European Journal of Control, vol. 13, pp. 543-551. 2007
C. Siettos, I. G. Kevrekidis and N. Kazantzis, 2006, " An Equation-Free Approach to Nonlinear Control: Coarse Feedback Linearization With Pole-Placement ", International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, vol. 16, pp. 2029 2006
N. Kazantzis, N. Huynh and T. Good, 2005, " A Model-Based Characterization of the Long-Term Asymptotic Behavior of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Processes Using In- variance Functional Equations ", Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol. 29, pp. 2346-2354. 2005
R. R. Kotdawala, N. Kazantzis and R. W. Thompson, 2005, " Analysis of Binary Adsorption of Polar and Non-Polar Molecules in Narrow Slit-Pores by Mean-Field Perturbation Theory ", Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 123, pp. 1-11. 2005
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